gravity
Science
Scientists Looking To Reduce Cost Of Space Travel By Using Tubes
12:00PM Rosa Golijan | It’s not a new idea—the concept was used with the Genesis spacecraft mission—but scientists are now attempting to actually map out the tube-like gravitational currents in space. Didn’t someone think of this in a TV show or two? More »
Science
NASA Pays ‘Pillownauts’ Well To Lie In Bed For Weeks On End
5:40AM Sean Fallon | In order to study the long-term effects of micro-gravity on the human body, NASA is looking for a few good lazy people to lie in bed all day sleeping, watching TV and playing video games. More »
Gadgets
Concord C1 QuantumGravity Watch Ready To Defy Laws of Physics, Budgets
7:40AM Sean Fallon | We first told you about the QuantumGravity tourbillion back in January, but now this physics-defying watch is ready for consumption by 10 very, very rich individuals with messed up priorities. More »
Design
Wire Fu Lets Fly in Chinese Performance Artist’s Work
4:30PM Elaine Chow | Chinese performance artist Li Wei uses mirrors, scaffolding and steel wires to create these seriously awesome gravity-defying pictures. While some are Photoshopped post-production, mostly they’re made through the magic of thoughtful planning. More »
Gadgets
QuantumGravity Watch Defies Laws of Physics, Logic
5:40AM Sean Fallon | To be honest, I’m not sure what I’m looking at here. But, the manufacturer assures us that it is a watch—a watch that can defy “all laws, including that of logic and most of all, of gravity.” More »
Cameras
Sony’s SR1 High Definition Cameras Can’t Hack It In Microgravity
1:06PM Jack Loftus | Thanks to “Matt,” the guy who literally jigged his way around the world, we know that space tourists will be unable to lug Sony SR1 HD cameras into orbit because microgravity won’t let them. More »
Gadgets
DIY G-Force Meter Turns Your Civic Into Top Gun
12:15AM Gizmodo US Edition | Perfect for Speed Racers and out-of-control Soyuz capsules, this DIY personal g-force meter attaches to your dashboard and enhances the driving experience when a mere speedometer won’t do. The device measures acceleration/tilt on one axis and attaches to the windshield of your Porsche Honda Civic with a few suction cups. Three 7-Segment LED displays show instantaneous acceleration measurement to two decimal accuracy. Watch designer Chris build the metre in rhythm to techno music and pull a paltry 0.6 G’s while braking after the jump. More »
Gadgets
Gravity Lamp Lasts 200 Years, Will Gmm/r2 Torchiere Lamps Out
4:40AM Jason Chen | This Gravity Lamp by a Virginia Tech student won second place at the Greener Gadgets Design Competition this week. The idea is quite simple in theory: a mass moves slowly down a column, which generates electricity by when the potential to kinetic energy conversion of the mass falling spins a rotor. To “reset” the lamp, the user just flips the thing over and sets the process in motion again. The entire setup should last about 200 years if used only eight hours a day, but should be plenty long for anyone we know. [Greener Gadgets via via DVice] More »
Physicists Figure Out How To Cause Levitation; Hoverboards Imminent
5:45AM Adam Frucci | If there was a cooler movie prop in my childhood than the hoverboard from Back to the Future, Part II, I don’t know what it was. That hoverboard made me really, really want to be living in the year 2015. And while as I got older my pragmatism and cynicism lead me to believe we would definitely not have hoverboards by that time, I might just be proven wrong in the most awesome way possible: by real hoverboards. More »
